Miscellaneous Pictures - Indian Military

kedar.karmarkar · Post by **kedar.karmarkar** » 16 Jan 2011 10:58

Jagan wrote:
LCA Calendar - Courtesy of Shiv

Honored to find that some of my pics (Feb, May, June, July) adorn the month pages, in this calendar.

chackojoseph · Post by **chackojoseph** » 16 Jan 2011 11:08

Dmurphy wrote: Is it the same lady here commanding a T-90?

indeed! its quite a revelation

Jagan · Post by **Jagan** » 16 Jan 2011 11:15

kedar.karmarkar wrote:
Jagan wrote:
LCA Calendar - Courtesy of Shiv
Honored to find that some of my pics (Feb, May, June, July) adorn the month pages, in this calendar.

Kedar, No wonder those pics looked very familiar - did you give them copies of your pics?

Raja Bose · Post by **Raja Bose** » 16 Jan 2011 11:18

Dmurphy wrote: Is it the same lady here commanding a T-90?

AoA!

More power to her and her kind.

SandeepS · Post by **SandeepS** » 17 Jan 2011 01:41

I think that snap is of the lady officer commanding the NBC Recce Vehicle - http://www.flickr.com/photos/torqueavia ... 703919543/. She is most likely to be from Engrs

SandeepS · Post by **SandeepS** » 17 Jan 2011 02:03

http://www.flickr.com/photos/torqueavia ... 703919543/

Looks like a Armoured Carrier (a la SDRE MPV) developed on the Tatra chassis probably by an EME Base Wksp. And its RHD now, to satisfy jingoes here

Surya · Post by **Surya** » 17 Jan 2011 02:05

yeah it must be NBC

please do not give philip another reason to go for tin cans ie. ease of operations by women

chackojoseph · Post by **chackojoseph** » 17 Jan 2011 10:03

^^^^^ right

After my flip flops, its BMP with a lady or lady with a BMP. One of those.

prithvi · Post by **prithvi** » 17 Jan 2011 11:44

shiv wrote:
prithvi wrote:
is that the one right on the Red Road in Maidan..?
Can't recall - but tank in the Maidan rings a bell. Can you get a more recent photo? Esp the holes?

Unfortunately I don't reside in Kolkata currently... however did a quick google image search and came up with the followings

Jaeger · Post by **Jaeger** » 17 Jan 2011 12:31

^^ That's an M24 Chaffee...

jamwal · Post by **jamwal** » 17 Jan 2011 13:05

Awesome photos Manu ji. What's the source ?

kedar.karmarkar · Post by **kedar.karmarkar** » 17 Jan 2011 20:39

Kedar, No wonder those pics looked very familiar - did you give them copies of your pics?[/quote]

Yep - I did give ADA some pics after AI09.

Lalmohan · Post by **Lalmohan** » 17 Jan 2011 20:49

are these not the chaffee's captured at boyra?

Juggi G · Post by **Juggi G** » 18 Jan 2011 03:16

In this February 28, 2010 photograph, Indian Air Force (IAF) Suryakiran planes participate in the 'Vayu Shakti 2010' air show at Chandan Fire Range, near Pokhran in Rajasthan state.

nits · Post by **nits** » 18 Jan 2011 15:26

India's 2nd UAV squadron commissioned;The INAS 343 squadron, which has two Israeli-made Heron and two Searcher MKII UAVs

shiv · Post by **shiv** » 18 Jan 2011 16:24

nits wrote:

Are these UAVs big. Or are they big.

sum · Post by **sum** » 18 Jan 2011 16:34

India's 2nd UAV squadron commissioned;The INAS 343 squadron, which has two Israeli-made Heron and two Searcher MKII UAVs

Just 4 UAVs make up a squadron?

jimmy_moh · Post by **jimmy_moh** » 18 Jan 2011 16:50

shiv wrote:
nits wrote:

Are these UAVs big. Or are they big.

same query... it seems to be bigger than our LCA......

tsarkar · Post by **tsarkar** » 18 Jan 2011 16:59

shiv wrote:Are these UAVs big. Or are they big.

The common perception of UAV are the tactical battlefield recce ones. These are MR MALE UAVs, length 8.6 meters, wingspan 16.61 meters. In contrast LCA length 13.2 meters wingspan 8.2 meters

jamwal · Post by **jamwal** » 18 Jan 2011 17:07

Another question ? Are these pics taken in India ?

http://im.rediff.com/news/2011/jan/18uav3.jpg (3rd) somehow looks it was taken somewhere else,

shiv · Post by **shiv** » 18 Jan 2011 17:08

tsarkar wrote:
shiv wrote:Are these UAVs big. Or are they big.
The common perception of UAV are the tactical battlefield recce ones. These are MR MALE UAVs, length 8.6 meters, wingspan 16.61 meters. In contrast LCA length 13.2 meters wingspan 8.2 meters

Saar these are the biggest UAVs I have seen except for India's Rustam mock up displayed at Aero India 2009. Bigger than Nishant. Bigger also than BAe Herti displayed at Aero India and almost the size of Pakistan's national bird the Predator. Bigger also than the Hermes.

So its not "common perception" that UAVs are smaller. Most UAVs are actually much smaller.

Here is a group of US UAVs. This Heron drone is at least as big as the biggest)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c ... r_Demo.jpg

tsarkar · Post by **tsarkar** » 18 Jan 2011 17:29

shiv wrote:Saar these are the biggest UAVs I have seen except for India's Rustam mock up displayed at Aero India 2009. Bigger than Nishant. Bigger also than BAe Herti displayed at Aero India and almost the size of Pakistan's national bird the Predator. Bigger also than the Hermes.

So its not "common perception" that UAVs are smaller. Most UAVs are actually much smaller.

Here is a group of US UAVs. This Heron drone is at least as big as the biggest)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c ... r_Demo.jpg

You are proving my point here, the UAV is the picture is not the Heron, its the US Pioneer in the picture http://www.navy.mil/navydata/fact_displ ... =2100&ct=1 that is much much smaller than the Heron. I find an Elbit Skylark next to it, that HAL is also assembling for India.

That aside, you are correct that most MALE UAV, like Heron and Pakistan's national bird have similar dimensions http://www.af.mil/information/factsheet ... asp?id=122 Rustom too will be a MALE UAV

chackojoseph · Post by **chackojoseph** » 18 Jan 2011 17:31

Israel UCAV is bigger than 747. To Iran with love.

tsarkar · Post by **tsarkar** » 18 Jan 2011 17:35

jamwal wrote:Another question ? Are these pics taken in India ? http://im.rediff.com/news/2011/jan/18uav3.jpg (3rd) somehow looks it was taken somewhere else,

No, the pictures are hi-res IAI media handout. The 4th one is the even larger Heron TP not in Indian service. Original here http://www.iai.co.il/18900-37204-en/Bus ... aspx?btl=1
The last one is the IN one at Porbandar.

abhik · Post by **abhik** » 18 Jan 2011 17:48

chackojoseph wrote:Israel UCAV is bigger than 747. To Iran with love.

That's actually the IAI Eitan and is comparable to a 737.

chackojoseph · Post by **chackojoseph** » 18 Jan 2011 19:48

abhik wrote:
chackojoseph wrote:Israel UCAV is bigger than 747. To Iran with love.
That's actually the IAI Eitan and is comparable to a 737.

I exaggerated. Must be the Bollywood news now days I am writing.

Austin · Post by **Austin** » 18 Jan 2011 21:10

Dmurphy wrote:Is it the same lady here commanding a T-90?

Nice , The T-90 Girl

Raman · Post by **Raman** » 18 Jan 2011 22:33

Raja Bose wrote:RR units are named after NATO phonetic alphabet when they started the whole grid system - originally there were 4: Alpha, Charlie, Delta, and Kilo. This U Force (should be Unicorn Force) should be a more recent addition?

As I recall, they were initialled primarily by the area of operations, not simply Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, etc. As per wiki

Counter Insurgency Force (CIF) R / Romeo Force - Rajouri and Poonch
Counter Insurgency Force (CIF) D / Delta Force - Doda
Counter Insurgency Force (CIF) V / Victor Force - Anantnag, Pulwama and Badgam
Counter Insurgency Force (CIF) K / Kilo Force - Kupwara, Baramulla and Srinagar
Counter Insurgency Force (CIF) U / Uniform Force - Udhampur and Banihal

Raja Bose · Post by **Raja Bose** » 19 Jan 2011 23:24

^^You know, my memory must be serious slipping (creeping old age perhaps)

I have no idea how Romeo and Victor got mapped to Alpha and Charlie in my brain!

To make up for it, an interesting anecdote re. Delta Force. It seems some time after Delta Force(RR) was deployed, it had some good successes against some "mehmaans" and down the line some DDM rag picked up the name, put 2 and 2 together and proudly proclaimed that TFTA sooper-dooper US Delta Force was hunting terrorists in Kashmir.

A similar but unrelated story also came out (this time also involving sooper dooper SAS) after 9/11 incidents.

Surya · Post by **Surya** » 20 Jan 2011 00:00

OT but a few super dooper SAS was there in the valley briefly

but we should take that to the SF thread

Raja Bose · Post by **Raja Bose** » 20 Jan 2011 09:22

Yeah yeah yeah they were on a sightseeing tour from what I heard or perhaps DDM was implying that just the hawa from the sooper dooper SAS would make our underfed SDRE SF 400% TFTA like our esteemed neighbours.

rohitvats · Post by **rohitvats** » 20 Jan 2011 09:27

Surya wrote:OT but a few super dooper SAS was there in the valley briefly but we should take that to the SF thread

You refering to the episode about SAS being involved during PVNR and General Shankar Roy Choudhary tenure? If yes, it was complete failure with super-dooper TFTA SAS coming cropper.....and led to lot bad-blood between SAS and IA/SF (from SAS's perspective).

nits · Post by **nits** » 20 Jan 2011 10:19

BRO's Rohtang Tunnel work in Progress...

nits · Post by **nits** » 20 Jan 2011 10:21

^^ Some how it seems small to me for heavy trucks and machinery. army equipments etc

shiv · Post by **shiv** » 20 Jan 2011 10:32

nits wrote:^^ Some how it seems small to me for heavy trucks and machinery. army equipments etc

Make the upper image bright and you see a man with a light. That tunnel is over 3 meters high and more than 4 meters wide. Big enough for an Arjun tank.

nits · Post by **nits** » 20 Jan 2011 13:12

Agree Shiv sir

; Google dada throws me this -

Unable to cut through Rohtang, BRO changes plans.

Border Road organization has proposed to reduce length and width of 8.8 kilometer long tunnel aimed at providing all weather road connectivity to forward areas along border. The decision of the BRO comes in the wake of logistic problems faced by engineering unit at snowbound north portal that lies towards tribal Lahual. BRO has planned to reduce tunnel width from proposed 12 meters to six meters, similarly height of tunnel will be cut short from 12 metres to nine metres. "Plans have been formulated to temporarily cut down the size of tunnel, which could be widened later"

Sathish_A · Post by **Sathish_A** » 20 Jan 2011 14:51

See they have awarded the contract to a private firm. STRABAG is a leading construction entity based in Germany with offices worldwide. They are know to posses many high-tech gear for tunneling and reduction is size is not due to lacak of capability.

Me think the reduction in size is to make a headway quickly, until a truck can drive in/out with rubble and then extension of the tunnel size will be carried out in next phase.

chackojoseph · Post by **chackojoseph** » 20 Jan 2011 17:11

FI Album has moved.

We thought out first pic should be something good So, the Kochi War memorial

link

Jagan · Post by **Jagan** » 20 Jan 2011 21:03

Chaks what happened to the older pictures? will you be moving them here?

also did you ditch gallery 2? or is this a lite template for the same?

chackojoseph · Post by **chackojoseph** » 20 Jan 2011 22:24

Jagan, They will be moved here slowly (work load). gallery2 after a while gets uncontrollable. Especially. when you move up mysql versions and servers. Dosen't seem to be a long term strategy. Also eats up server resources.

I took up wordpress and photoQ plugin. Shifted to another domain. When i built frontierindia.net , the wordpress multisite was not exactly very friendly. for 3.0 version, multisite became possible. I could have done the same with frontierindia.net and converted to multisite, but, too risky. tried to do it in sub domain and sub directory. it began killing the server. So finally decided new domain, new server and multisite from the beginning.

The above sounds so simple, but, dam, its been a year of trials and errors to reach the "obvious" conclusion :p